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misˈread, v.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To read or interpret wrongly.
1809J. Barlow Columb. x. 368 War sure hath ceased; or have my erring eyes Misread the glorious visions of the skies? 1851Robertson Serm. Ser. i. xvii. (1866) 297 Let not the rich misread the signs of the times. 1879Froude Cæsar xiii. 189 He misread the disposition of the great body of citizens.
So misˈreader; misˈreading vbl. n.
1847–8De Quincey Protestantism Wks. 1858 VIII. 150 The New Testament had said nothing directly upon the question of slavery; nay, by the misreader it was rather supposed indirectly to countenance that institution. 1849H. Miller Footpr. Creat. xv. (1874) 300 The hypothesis involves a misreading of the geologic records. 1866Kingsley Herew. I. iii. 105 note, ‘Ulcus Ferreus’, says Richard of Ely; surely a misreading for uncus. 1885Law Rep. 29 Chanc. Div. 210 A misreading of the clause. |